Crossword Clue: Runner-up
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Matching Crossword Puzzle Answers for "Runner-up"
Below is the complete list of answers we found in our database for Runner-up:
Possibly related crossword clues for "Runner-up"
Based on the answers listed above, we also found some clues that are possibly similar or related to Runner-up:
- #2 or #3, say
- #2 or #3
- #3 or #4, say
- Anderson or Carter in 1980
- Another finisher
- Beaten candidate
- Aqueduct trailer
- Behind the first three: Horseracing.
- Big-A laggard
- Fourth-place finisher
- Bottom-line horse
- Competitor who didn't win
- Defeatee
- Concession speech deliverer
- Concession speech giver
- Fellow contender
- Horse back in the pack, e.g.
- Horse back in the pack
- Horse named on a crumpled betting slip
- Election loser, e.g.
- Election loser
- Consolation prize recipient
- Contestant losing by a large margin
- Dewey in 1948
- Chronic loser
- He didn't win, place or show
- Campaign loser
- Candidate who lost
- Ineffectual competitor
- Inferior one
- Out-of-the-money finisher
- Trailer
- The hare, e.g., in "The Tortoise and the Hare"
- The hare, notably
- Romney, in 2012
- Winner's follower
- Ross Perot, in 1992 and 1996
- Race loser
- Runner-up
- Lame duck, often
- Mere participant
- Long shot, usually
- Late finisher
- Loser in politics
- Loser
- Losing candidate
- Losing contestant
- One not seated?
- Minor-party candidate
- One that didn't show?
- Miss Congeniality, e.g.
- One who can't get a seat
- One who didn't even show?
- One who didn't get in
- One who didn't make it to the office?
- Perot, e.g.
- One who's back in the pack
- One who's in it but doesn't win it
- Person in second place
- Nonwinner
- Not a marathon winner
- Not a winner
- Third-party candidate, more often than not
- Third-place finisher, e.g.
- Third-place finisher
- Thomas Dewey or Hubert Humphrey, notably
- Slowpoke
- Tilden in 1876
- Unplaced horse
- Unsuccessful entrant
- Unsuccessful person
- Second, or worse
- Stevenson in 1952 and 1956, e.g.
Recent Usage of Runner-up in Crossword Puzzles
We track a lot of different crossword puzzle providers to see where clues like "Runner-up" have been used in the past.
Here are all of the places we know of that have used Runner-up in their crossword puzzles recently:
- New York Times - Feb. 23, 2020
- Penny Dell - July 22, 2016
- Universal Crossword - Nov. 24, 2014
- LA Times Sunday Calendar - Jan. 12, 2014
- LA Times - Jan. 12, 2014
- I Swear Crossword - Oct. 28, 2011
- LA Times - Nov. 2, 2009
- Sheffer - Jan. 30, 2009
- Sheffer - Nov. 27, 2008
